Sesquiterpene lactones with potent cytotoxic activities from Vernonia chinensis

  • Xin Chen
  • , Zha Jun Zhan
  • , Xiong Wen Zhang
  • , Jian Ding
  • , Jian Min Yue*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Five new sesquiterpene lactones, namely vernchinilides A - E(1-5), along with five known compounds, 8β-(2-methylacryloyloxy)-hirsutinolide 13-O-acetate (6), 8α-(2-methylacryloyloxy)-1β4β-epoxy-1α- methoxy-13-O-acetate-10βH-germacra-5E,7(11)-dien-12,6-olide (7), 8β-(2-hydroxymethylacryloyloxy)hirsutinolide 13-O-acetate (8), 8α-tigloyloxyhirsutinolide 13-O-acetate (9) and vernolide-B (10) were isolated from Vernonia chinensis. The structures of these new compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectral data, especially 2D-NMR techniques. Compounds 2,5 and 6 exhibited potent cytotoxic activities against P-388 and A-549 tumor cell lines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)949-954
Number of pages6
JournalPlanta Medica
Volume71
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cytotoxic activity
  • Hirsutinolides
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Vernchinilides A - E
  • Vernonia chinensis

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